Dorothy Christy
Acting1906Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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Dorothy Christy (born Dorothea J. Seltzer, May 26, 1906 – died May 21, 1977) was an American actress.
Christy acted with Will Rogers, Buster Keaton and the Marx Brothers, and with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in the film Sons of the Desert (1933), in the role of Mrs. Laurel. She was Queen Tika of Murania in The Phantom Empire, Gene Autry’s 1935 cliffhanger serial. She concluded her cinema career in 1953.
Dorothy Christy died of natural causes five days shy of her seventy-first birthday.
Known For
Acting History
1992
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as (archive footage)
1953
So Big
as Widow Paarlenberg
1949
The Fountainhead
as Society Woman (uncredited)
Caught
as Wealthy Shopper (uncredited)
1948
Silver River
as Woman (uncredited)
Fighting Back
as Martha Higby
1947
Scared to Death
as Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
The Unfaithful
as Mrs. Freedley
Miracle on 34th Street
as Secretary (uncredited)
The Fabulous Joe
as Grace
The Pilgrim Lady
as Nell Brown
1946
The Magnificent Rogue
as Clerk
Little Giant
as Jim's wife (uncredited)
Undercurrent
as Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
1945
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Mother Bronson
Junior Miss
as Mrs. Cummings
Black Market Babies
as Mrs. Becker (uncredited)
Fashion Model
as Mme. Celeste
1944
Laura
as Woman (uncredited)
Cowboy and the Senorita
as Lulubelle
1943
Cutie on Duty
as Mrs Errol
Double Up
as Leon's Wife
Gem-Jams
as Mrs. Arlene Errol
Radio Runaround
as Mrs. Arlene Errol
1942
Get Hep to Love
as 3rd Woman
Sunset on the Desert
as Committee Woman
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Mrs. Updyke
Dear! Deer!
as Mrs. Taylor
1941
Sailors on Leave
as Blonde Woman (uncredited)
Sierra Sue
as Verebel Featherstone
1940
Radio Ranch
as Queen Tika
City of Chance
as Woman on Phone
1939
Rough Riders' Round-up
as Rusty's Dancing Partner
They Shall Have Music
as Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)
East Side of Heaven
as Mrs. Henry Smith (uncredited)
1938
Marie Antoinette
as Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)
Woman Against Woman
as Mrs. Morton
Submarine Patrol
as McPeek's Girl
1937
Love Is News
as Boardinghouse Beauty (uncredited)
Slave Ship
as Blonde
You Can't Have Everything
as Blonde
1936
Early to Bed
as Nurse
1935
1934
6 Day Bike Rider
as Mrs. Mabel St. Clair
Million Dollar Ransom
as Gwen (Uncredited)
One Exciting Adventure
as Woman with Earrings
Servants' Entrance
as Mrs. Knut Johnson
Love Birds
as Kitten
Bright Eyes
as Anita Smythe
1933
1932
Union Depot
as Society Woman Saying Goodbye to Jean (uncredited)
The Arm of the Law
as Mrs. Myrtle Welling
Lawyer Man
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Devil and the Deep
as Mrs. Crimp
Slightly Married
as Marjorie Reynolds
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
as Mrs. Chauncey Chadwick
The Unexpected Father
as Evelyn Smythe
1931
Gold Dust Gertie
as Mabel Guthrie
Grief Street
as Ethel Wynn Merle
The Devil Plays
as Dolores Quincy
King of the Wild
as Mrs. LaSalle
Night Life in Reno
as Gwen Maynard
Convicted
as Constance Forbes
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
as Angelica Embrey
Big Business Girl
as Mrs. Emery
Caught Cheating
as Tessie
No, No, Lady
as Adelle Martin
1930
She Who Gets Slapped
as Wife
Extravagance
as Esther Hamilton
Playboy of Paris
as Mlle. Berengere
Big Money
as Leila
So This Is London
as Lady Amy Ducksworth
1929
That's My Wife
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)